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1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2019 00:37:02 UTC switching.social

   Woo! As you may have seen from that previous boost, Mastodon 2.9 is now out, featuring a new single column interface:

   https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/mastodon-2.9/

   This is, IMHO, a huge step forward for getting non-technical people onto Mastodon 👍

   Instead of the Tweetdeck-style interface, there's now a default single-column timeline which is much less scary.

   (The multicolumn original is still an option in Settings, and those who currently use multicolumn will continue to see it by default.)

   #Mastodon #Fediverse

   • cr0n0s:~🐧📡⌨️ 🛠️ # repeated this.
   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2019 12:40:22 UTC switching.social

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     For those asking when their instance will be updated to 2.9, the best person to ask is the admin of your instance.

     To find out who is your instance's admin, just log out and go to your instance's front page. Scroll down and you will see "Administered by:" with a link to your admin's account.

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2019 12:40:35 UTC switching.social

     in reply to

     For those asking when their instance will be updated to 2.9, the best person to ask is the admin of your instance.

     To find out who is your instance's admin, just log out and go to your instance's front page. Scroll down and you will see "Administered by:" with a link to your admin's account.

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2019 22:19:37 UTC switching.social

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     Reminder that if your Mastodon instance has been updated to 2.9 or higher, you can see the new simpler one-column interface very easily:

     1. Go to preferences/settings

     2. Untick the box marked "Enable advanced web interface". (To go back to the multicolumn interface, just tick the box again.)

   • 👣 ghose [:mastodon:] (xosem@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 15-Jun-2019 06:03:41 UTC 👣 ghose [:mastodon:]

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     @switchingsocial FWIW I had to sign out, delete cookies & sign in again to get the new 2.9.0 interface on mstdn.io
     [SOLVED] 👌

     ...in case anyone has this issue

     switching.social repeated this.
   • louis (louis@gnusocial.club)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2019 09:57:25 UTC louis

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     • 👣 ghose [:mastodon:]
     @xosem what can be collected, will be collected Facebook has been collecting audio from some voice chats on Messenger and paying contractors to listen to and transcribe them. https://gnusocial.club/url/204453
   • louis (louis@gnusocial.club)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2019 10:09:41 UTC louis

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     • louis
     • 👣 ghose [:mastodon:]
     @xosem nothing prevents #gnusocial admins or #pleroma and #mastodon admins to collect personal users data. With larger federation this is automatically prevented as each admin has just few of the own users, and not much personal data from remote users.